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(2) The election of the following persons as resident members : 
Hon. THEODORE BACON, 
Mr. FREDERICK CROFOOT, 
Mr. Henry C. DENSLOW, 
Rev. W. C. GANNETT, 
Dr. SUMNER Haywarb, 
Mr. Henry H. LAUDADALE, 
Mr. J. MorEAU SMITH, 
Mrs. C. H. Warp. 
(3.) The election of Pror. S. A. Larrimore as honorary member. 
(4.) The election of the following persons as curators : 
Miss FLORENCE BECKWITH, in Botany. 
Rev. JOHN WALTON, in Conchology. 
Mr. GeorGE H. ASHLEY, in Geology. 
Pror. CHARLES W. Donce, in Biology. 
The bills were ordered paid, and the candidates elected by formal 
ballot. 
The following amendment to the By-Laws, proposed March 9, 
18g , was adopted : 
Resolved, That Section 1, of Chapter XIII, of the By-Laws, be stricken out; and 
that in Section 1, Chapter 1, of the By-Laws the words ‘‘ initiation fee ’’ be stricken out, 
and the words *‘ first annual dues”’ inserted instead. 
Dr. CHARLES FORBES read a paper on 
PROPERTIES OF LIGHT, IN THEIR RELATION. TO 
ORTHO-CHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY. 
Illustrated by photographs and diagrams. 
The following paper was read : 
NOTICE OF A NEW. METEORITE FROM LOUISA CO., VA. 
By Epwin E. Howe tt. 
If the subject of the present sketch is a distinct “ fall,’’ it makes 
the eighth reported from the State of Virginia. 
The first fell in Chesterfield County, June 4, 1828, and is the 
only one of the eight seen to fall. Both the Grayson County and the 
Roanoke County were found in 1842 and the Botetourt County in 
1850. 
Of the Augusta County meteorite five distinct pieces have been 
found, the largest weighing 152 pounds, being found in 1858 or 1859. 
